Advice
Have your family heirlooms been flood or storm damaged? Are your precious old family photos starting to crack and fade? Can they be fixed? What is the best way to store old books, letters and documents so that they won't deteriorate?
Preservation staff at the State Library of Queensland are experts in ensuring the long term preservation of all kinds of books, ephemera, art works, documents, sheet music, films, audiovisual materials and photographs.
We offer concise, free advice to organisations and the public on a range of issues:
- preventative conservation
- preservation requirements for collection storage and display areas
- conservation treatment options for a range of library materials
- environmental monitoring
- reformatting options
- preservation suppliers
- conservators in private practice
Info Guides and leaflets
- Caring for your collections
- Dealing with mould [
83 kb] - Motion picture films [ 732 kb]
- Pest management - freezing [ 41 kb]
- Photographic collections [ 611 kb]
- Dealing with mould [
- Salvaging water damaged collections [ 65 kb]
- Providing a sound environment for preserving paper-based material
... and our FAQs for more advice.
More information
- Telephone: +61 7 3840 7779 or +61 7 3840 7841
- Fax: +61 7 3842 9060
- Mail: Collection Preservation, PO Box 3488, South Brisbane 4101
Last updated: 2nd March 2009
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